Ironing-board cabinet.



M. c; WALTER. I IRONING BOARD CABINET.

APPLICATION I'ILED OUT. 12, 1912.

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' IRONING BOARD CABINET.

APPLICATION FILED OCT. 12, 1912.

Patented Sept. 30, 1913.

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IRONING-BOARD CABINET.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 30, 1913.

Application filed October 12, 1912.- Serial No. 725,501.

To all whom it may concern:

Be itknown that I, MAX 0. -WALTER, a citizen of the United States,residing at Talmage', in the county of Otoe and State of Nebraska,'haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Ironing --BoardCabinets, of which the following is a specification, reference being hadto the accompanying drawings.

The present invention comprises new and useful improvements in ironingboard cabinets.

The primary object of the present invention is to provide means forsupporting an ironing board when the same is presented for use and atthe same time provide means for the reception of the ironing board whenit is not'in use thereby being out of the way.

A further object of the present invention is to provide a foldableironing board which may be readily and easily folded in a compact formand placed out of the way when not in use and which when presented foruse will perform the necessary functions of such a device.

With the above and other objects'in view the invention consists of thenovel details of construction, combination, formation and arrangement ofparts as .will be hereinafter more fully described, claimed andparticularly pointed out in the appended drawings in which Figure 1 is avertical longitudinal section embodying my invention and illustratingthe ironing board in an open position, Fig. 2is a front elevation of thecabinet having the door thereto opened and the ironing board in a foldedposition, Fig. 3 is a vertical transverse section illustrating the samein a closed position, Fig. 4 is a detail horizontal section on the line.44 ofFig. 1, Fig. 5 is a detail View of the bracket, and Fig. 6 is adetail section taken on the line 66 of Fig. 5.

interior of the cabinet and be out of the way. K

The foldable ironing board which is to be at its lower extremity to forma pair of standards 5. The lower ends of these standards are providedwith hinge members 6 which are pivotally connected to a transverselyextending bar 7 secured to the floor of the cabinet adjacent the opening2 formed therein. The upper extremity of this support 4 has hingedlyconnected thereto as at 8 an ironing board 9 of .the usual construction. This support 4 obviously provides means for supporting the innerend of the ironing board but to provide means for sup porting theopposite end of the ironing board I provide a stay rod 10 which ispivotally connected at one end as at 11 to the floor of the cabinet andits opposite end is slidably connected to the lower face of the ironingboard. This slidable connection be tween the stay rod 10 and the ironingboard comprises a plate 12 which depends from the lower face of theironing board adjacent the free end thereof and has formed therein alongitudinally extending slot 13. The free end of the stay rod 10 isreduced as at 14 and adapted to operate within the said slot 13 and theextremities of the said stay rod are provided with laterally extendinglugs 15 whichrest upon the upper face of the plate 12 thereby providingaslidable conmotion between the stay rod and the ironing board which willsupport the outer end thereof. It is obvious from this construc tionthat when the ironing board is folded within the cabinet the support 4rests upon the bottom thereof and the ironing board 9 assumes a verticalposition within the cabinet and thestay rod 10 will support the ironingboard in a vertical position to prevent the same from dropping down.\Vhen the ironing board is presented for use it is swung down until itassumes a horizontal position, the standards 5 being brought to verticalposition with their lower' ends bearing upon the floor of the cabinetthereby supporting one end of the ironing board and when the same hasassumed this position the stay rod 10 will support the opposite end ofthe ironing board.

'60 used in j nction with a cabinet of this 7 character comprises asupport 4 bifurcated To insure a steady support for the ironing boardwhen the same is presented for use I provide upon the outer face of thesupport 4 adjacent the upper extremity thereof a pair of laterallyextending spring actuated bolts 16. The outer extremities of these boltsare adapted to rest Within recesses 17 formed in the front wall of thecabinet and the inner ends of these bolts are provided with offsetfinger pieces 18 whereby the bolts may be easily removed from therecesses 17 when again folding the ironing board within the cabinet.This ironing board is also provided with a sleeve board 19 which may beplaced within the interior of the cabinet when not in use and also mayrest upon the ironing board when in use.

To provide means for supporting the sleeve board 11 on the ironing boardI rovide a base p ate 20 which has exten ing therefrom a standard 21connected to the sleeve board and the extremities of the plate 20 arebent as at 22 to engage the opposite edges of the ironing board for apurpose which is obvious.

To provide means for supporting the sleeve board when not in use and sothe same may be held within the interior of the cabinet I provide uponthe inner face of the door 3 a projection 23 so that the lower end ofthe sleeve board may rest thereupon and the opposite end of the sleeveboard is notched as at 24 for the reception of a rotatable latch 25 alsocarried by the door 3.

The inner face of the door is also rovided with a shelf 26 which may beused for various purposes.

Hingedly secured as at 27 upon the top of the cabinet is a sectionalsupport 28 which comprises a plurality of sections hingedl secured as at29., Rotatably mounte within the outer extremity of the outer section ofthe support is an eyelet 30 throu h which is adapted to extend anelectric wire 31 connected at one extremity to a sad iron 32. Thiseyelet has a slot 30' formed therein which is adapted to register withthe opening formed in the outer extremity of the section so that whenthe slot and opening come in register the electric wire may be insertedtherein and the eyelet then rotated thereby providing meansfor lockingthe wire within the bracket. This outer extremity is also provided witha groove 33 for supporting the wire of an I electric light bulb 34 also1n circuit with the line wire 31 as shown. Whereas I have shown electricwires in connection with the support for providing means for supportingthe electriclight and means for eating the sad iron it is of course tobeunderstood that .gas tubes may be substituted therefor so that asuitable source of light and heat may be supplied as is common.

While inthe foregoing I have described and shown the specific embodimentof the present invention it is of course to be understood that otherminor details as to changes, formation, alteration and modification maybe resorted to that come within the scope of the present inventionWithout departing from the spirit thereof or sacrificing the etliciencyof the same.

What I claim:

1. In combination with a cabinet, a support hingedly mounted within saidcabinet, an ironing board hingedly mounted at one end upon said support,said support having an opening therein, and means carried by saidcabinet and projecting through said opening for supporting the opposlteend of said ironing board, substantially as and for the purposedescribed.

2. In a foldable ironingboard, the combination with a stationary member,of a support bifurcated at one end to form a pair of standards, saidstandards being hingedly connected to said stationary member, an

ironing board hingedly connected at one end to said support, and a bracerod pivotally connected at one end to said stationary member, said bracerod extending between said standards and being adjustably connected tothe opposite end of said ironing board, as and for the purposedescribed.

3. In a foldable ironing board, the combination with a cabinet, of asupport hingedl mounted at one end upon the bottom of sai cabinet, anironing board hingedly connected at one end to the opposite end of saidsupport, means carried by said cablnet for supportin the outer end of sad ironing board, an means carried by said support and adapted to engageone side of said cabinet to hold said ironing board in open scribed.

4. In a device of the character described, the combination with-acabinet, of a support hingedly secured at one end thereto, an ironingboard hingedly secured at one end to said support, means connected tosaid cabinet to support the opposite end of said ironingboard, andspring pressed bolts mounted upon said support and adapted to engagesaid cabinet to hold said ironing board in openposition, substantiallyas and for the position, as and for the purpose de- Y

